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Educating the first digital generation
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Educating the first digital generation

Author: Paul G Harwood; Victor Asal
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2007.
Series: Educate US.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Looks at the impact that information technology has had on schools and students, covering such topics as privacy, electronic cheating, the inequality of access to technology education, and distance learning.
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Paul G Harwood; Victor Asal
ISBN: 9780275989590 0275989593
OCLC Number: 126227191
Description: xii, 191 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Introduction : technology in the classroom, from chalk and slate to the Web --
The first digital generation : in their own words --
Teachers : in their own words --
Digital divide : can America's children ever be "e-qual"? --
Big brother : privacy in the wired classroom --
The electronic cheat : a culture of cut and paste --
Distance learning : virtual teaching --
Conclusion : looking to the information highway ahead.
Series Title: Educate US.
Responsibility: Paul G. Harwood and Victor Asal.
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Explores how information technology is changing how we educate and are educated. The authors explain how new technologies are changing the learning environment in and out of the classroom with a  Read more...

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"[E]xplores how today's information technology is changing how we educate and are educated. The book includes accounts from K-12 teachers who are incorporating technology into their classroom environments. The use of close-circuit cameras, electronic cheating, and distance learning are discussed at length." -

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